1830.] On the Climate of the N. TV. Mountains. j 2 , 
therefore, be relied on. With three or four exceptions nnt * 
quently eleven and twelve observations were recorded 7b, n* 7 than l ? n ’ 311 d (re ~ 
M., every attention being paid to the direction and force li ■ S3nnse tilJ 10 p- 
and to the particular changes in the atmosphere. 0i tiG w,nds at e »ch hour. 
Should the remarks on the state of the weather nnf u 0 • 
purpose, you can curtail them or leave them out as mnv ™ ** eno,1?lj for y° ur 
adviseable. ’ 33 ma 3' *War to you most 
It is necessary to mention, that the locality (Br*ri) is the nam* *i 
on vv licit the house is built. The situation of it, on the dec ivitv of sf!* UP ~ 
Silajit ridge, a spot stretching down at mht ancles from “ ajan ov 
t»in, is deligl.tf.ii, ami the prospect o.i three sMes is rX!^* , °'' Hlit " mol,n - 
By tiie made road, it is Jbout one ;«|1Z mile XI ' TX? ' ^ *«"«• 
Kotgerh, and 1100 feet above it ; consequently it. enjoys a cooler eu,° m . 'f , - ost 
hottest months in the year. The winder is VaMor 1 C ° er cl,, “ ate during the 
greater depth. It is in' about ® £> * 
tion above sea-level is computed at 7734 feet. c 7 30 » and lts eleva ’ 
X must not omit to mention that the observations with T !■><<], '/»*c n 
no, to be depended np„„, though taken and recorded " wei 'as 
tice and other circumstances would admit Till th,. ocm. • , , nt ot P lac 
in a room where a lire was constantly ! urnino It :luSlve ' th ^ ^ 
^ r; r ;“L “E” 
unsuccessful attempts that have been made to obtain any result from' tl is iustru 
ment whether m the phuns or „ a climate, the mean annual tempeXre of wMch 
is about that of London, prove it to be quite useless in India. 
Fo. the sake of convenience during winter, the barometer was always kept in a 
werT taken “in ^a’di^ In? rn C ““ Se< * uen , c f »‘<= '■»«« thermometrical observations 
rorrecUv tL variation, nf IX’ T T' 7 loral «rcunistance, to indicate 
was exposed in the shade to thXXhiml a waT havkgVXrihX^sXrc^o 
* # G* 
yJ general statement of the IVeather for January 1829. 
Clear, 12 v 
Fair, but cloudy and partially cloudy, n 
Rainy, stormy, snow and hail, 5 diUo 
Thunder, „ 2 clitto 
Clear, on the 6th, 8th, 13th, 14tb, 15th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 29tb, 30th, and 
31 st. 
Fair, but cloudy and partially cloudy, on the 1st, 4th, 5tb, 7th, 9th, 10th, 12th 
16th, 18th, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th, and 27th. * 9 
Rainy, stormy, snow and hail, cm the 2nd, 3rd, llth, 17th, and 28th. 
Thunder, on the 3rd and 18th. 
Height of the Barometer . 
Mean maximum for the month, 
Mean minimum, 
Mean of the daily means, 
Greatest altitude, on the 17th, at 10 a. jvj. 
Least ditto, on the 3rd, at 2 p. m. 
Inches 
22,860 
22,804 
22,830 
22,986 
2 ',607 
Temperature of the air * 
Mean maximum, ✓ 43,4 
Mean minimum, 3i,9 
Mean of the daily means, 39, l 
Greatest on the 21st, at 1 p. m. 51,3 
Least on the 3rd, at p. m. 27,5 
Mean, . 29,4 
Temperature of the house. 
Mean maximum, 
Mean minimum. 
Mean of the daily means, 
Grtst.20th and 2lst, at 3 p.M. 
Least on the oth, at sun rise, 
Mean, 
Th. 
51.5 
45,8 
48.6 
55,5 
45 
40,6 
38.3 
39.4 
44,8 
33.5 
39,1 
